We are...คือเรารักกัน (We are... we are in love)

Chapter 29: Questions

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I never knew that behind that cheerful, smiling face that laughs and jokes all day, there were so many hidden stories and feelings, and the pain of an unrequited love.

I listened to Toey's story with mixed feelings. It was sad, touching, and impressive. It might be painful with the hopeless waiting, but it was full of good feelings. When Toey was telling the story, he probably didn't realize he was smiling, a smile filled with indescribable happiness.

When Toey finished telling the story, we were all silent. There was only the sound of the air conditioner humming and Pan's sobbing and sniffing.

[T/N: 🤧 Pan, tissue?]

"What's wrong, Pan? Are you that touched?" Tan, who was stroking Toey's head, asked Pan.

"No, damn Toey stepped on my hand."

[T/N: 😳]

"You idiot! Hahaha."

We, who were feeling touched, burst out laughing. Toey quickly lifted his foot off Pan's hand. Toey was sitting on the sofa, while Pan was sitting cross-legged at Toey's feet. We didn't know when Toey accidentally stepped on Pan's hand. Toey laughed and apologized to Pan. Toey smiled through his tears. His smile was still as bright as ever, and his eyes still had that mischievous sparkle. But I felt different. I felt sorry for him and wanted to help, but I didn't know how.

"You're amazing, Toey. How did you endure it?"

"Yeah, if it were me, I would have told him on the day we met at the camp." The alumni from the same school as Toey started to make a fuss. Mick was frowning, Beer and Phum were still quiet, while Fang said, "No wonder when I called you over, you didn't come and just hid behind Phum." He complained.

"I didn't know what to do, Hia. Suddenly, P'Q appeared at the school."

"Yeah, I just noticed that you call us 'Hia' but you call Q 'Phi'."

Oh right, I just realized that too. You're smart, Beer. Toey has Chinese heritage. Actually, most of us sitting here do, but Toey's family is the most traditional, calling their elders Ama, Agong, Ajek, and Ahia. It's not strange that Toey calls us 'Hia' but I just realized now that he calls Q 'Phi' Q.

"Because P'Q is my special person. Toey wants to make him more special than others, even if it's just a small thing."

I felt a lump in my throat again. It's a small thing that Toey does for the person he loves, even if that person doesn't know it.

[T/n: 🤧Does anyone need tissue?]

"Toey, you can do all this for love?"

"I can't really explain it, Hia Chan. I don't feel like I'm doing much. I just want to do it, so I do."

"Hic, sob." Here it comes again. Pan was sobbing, but there wasn't a single tear. How can he sob without tears? Phum, annoyed, threw a pillow at Pan's head.

[T/N: Pan, do you want a slice of onion?]

"Ouch, Phum, why did you hit me?"

"What's wrong now? Did Toey step on your front leg again?"

"No, my leg is numb. Mick, help me up."

We shook our heads and laughed. We wanted to stress about Toey, but we couldn't for more than two minutes because of Pan's foolishness.

"Which leg?"

"Dammit, Peem, don't, don't, argh, it hurts." Haha, I got up and squeezed both his legs. Pan screamed before pushing Tan aside and sitting next to Toey.